Fornear Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Fornear Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fornear Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1821:1,991,533128,023
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
England81:6,964,757184,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Fornear Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fornear Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Fornear is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fornear? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,173,425th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Fornear live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 1,991,533. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 27 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 20 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Fornear Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fornear has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fornear surname rose 3,640 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 73 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fornear Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fornear surname are 11.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58% registered with the political party.

Fornear earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.27% less than the national average, earning $40,014 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fornear
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